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Originally Posted by empink
As far as the idea of a publisher "getting what they asked for" because they publish fiction that deals with a valid part of the human condition (i.e. SEX! Nearly everyone does it, for goodness' sake)... pooh to that.
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That's not my point. My point is that they should have known in advance that adult titles were going to be filtered. Instead, they tagged their GLBT stuff as adult, and it got filtered. This has *nothing* to do with Amazon's misguided GLBT filter issue, and *everything* to do with the publisher tagging them as adult in the first place. That's all I'm saying.
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Originally Posted by empink
The reason why search filters are best when they are user-made/user-directed is because people's opinions on what is and is not taboo differs. You seem to think that "pornographic materials" are not fit to show up in your search results; I think the opposite. You make/activate your own filter, and I will do mine. Of course, if Amazon chooses to "conveniently" insert its own prude filter into the works, I will shop elsehwere.
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I agree that it's good business policy to allow for people to set their own filters. I also agree, while it my not be *my* preference (I'm no prude either), it's probably good business policy for their default filter to filter out "pronographic" titles. The NYT Bestseller lists filtering standards, too.